For all the talk about Washington being broken due to partisanship and polarization, Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman received a nod from TIME Magazine and FindtheBest.com as a lawmaker who has actually had bills signed into law.

The 113th Congress is on pace to become one of the most unproductive in history and TIME, which used data from FindtheBest, named Coffman as one of its “9 Standout Legislators Among the Most Unproductive Congress in History.”

Coffman and Eleanor Holmes Norton, who is a Democratic delegate in Congress representing Washington, D.C., are the only members on the list who do not chair committees.

Coffman has had three of the 15 bills he’s sponsored passed into law since the 113th Congress convened. Those measures were the VA Expiring Authorities Extension Act of 2013, the Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2013 and the Pay our Military Act, which came during the federal government shutdown.

Coffman, the only Colorado lawmaker on the list, is running for a fourth-term in the Aurora-based 6th Congressional District.

Earlier this week, former Democratic House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, who is vying to unseat Coffman this November, unveiled a new website and a web video to accompany it.

In the web video, Romanoff touts a message of economic opportunity for the middle class.

“Too many in Washington believe the way you grow the economy is by helping the big banks and big oil companies … it doesn’t work and it doesn’t help the middle class,” says Romanoff.

I know how this misunderstanding occurred; Americans have been duped into believing that if anything is good, more of it must be better — with regard to the Law (, gas-guzzling cars, food, etc.), that is not the case. How many unjust laws is Coffman responsible for rescinding? Anyone I support for Congress will talk about the necessity of reforming the criminal system of injustice which has turned the United States into the world’s leading jailer, the least free country on Earth! The facts that we imprison more people than any other nation and that this issue is not cited as a concern in political polls demonstrates that America is a fascist society.

Please define the “unjust laws” that are at the Federal level. Then, tell us what other members of the House or Senate have rescinded any at all?

Most of the people in prison are in state institutions for violating state laws. I’m not sure a U.S. representative, or U.S. senator, is who you should be asking this question of. It is more appropriate to pose it to a state senator or state representative.

If your criteria for casting a vote for someone in Congress is the “necessity of reforming the criminal system of injustice,” then I have to assume you will be sitting out this year’s U.S. Senate and U.S. House races, because no candidate is going to give what you are seeking.

By the way, aren’t all these people in prisons — state or federal — folks who have been convicted of a felony? Surely, you are not advocating we release them, so they can commit more crimes?

Average GOP Voters — there is no such thing anymore. Libertarian Republicans must understand me, even if you can not: the United States of America claims in its National Anthem to be the “land of the free”, yet the progressive criminalization of American society undertaken by both criminal political parties (but led by yours) since 1980 has made this the least free society on the face of the planet, if “free” means not living in a cell. The Federal Controlled Substances Act, among many other provisions of Federal and state laws, is unjust and invasive of our constitutional rights; it is one of the unjust laws that has made this the Land of Prisons. You may be oblivious, but our Fourth Amendment Rights have been progressively eroded over the last half century, and we now know that the traitors controlling all three branches of the Federal government in effect suspended the Constitution on 9/11/2001 and have first secretly and now openly abrogated the Bill of Rights. I do not accept the contention that the People of the United States are fourteen times as criminal as the Japanese, e.g. Justice would best be served if half the existing prison population were released, armed, and trained to kill fascists. American society as it is presently constituted is a crime, and everyone in the two main political parties is engaged in a war against their fellow citizens.

I do not think the majority of our country would accept your premise that we are engaged in a war against our fellow citizens. We have both state and Federal laws that, if violated, will lead to arrest and a trial where the burden of proof is on the state. So those who are convicted are supposed to be set free? No thanks!

If there are unjust laws, then work to get them changed or repealed, or declared unconstitutional. I have no idea what the laws of Japan are, but their society has far different cultural norms than ours, which may be why their rate of crime is lower than ours.

In any event, your opinion of what is unjust and invasive is no more valid than mine. That is why we are a nations of laws, not of men. If something is unconstitutional, then that is a decision to be made by a court, not a public poll.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.